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Specialises in

• Hand & Wrist

• Trauma

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Alex is a dual fellowship trained Consultant Hand & Wrist surgeon, who was awarded the European Diploma in Hand Surgery in 2022. His high volume practice encompasses all aspects of Orthopaedic distal forearm, wrist, carpal and hand conditions. Alex is a Trauma and Orthopaedic consultant at Frimley Park Hospital, and the current clinical audit & research lead.

Alex read medicine at Imperial College London, and whilst completing his junior surgical training undertook a Master's degree again at Imperial College London in Surgical Education. His thesis on Orthopaedic training gained a merit award.

During his training Alex spent time as a rugby league team doctor, judo championship doctor, and as an expedition medic for Mount Kilimanjaro. He also spent a year training at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore before gaining a higher Orthopaedic training number in the Kent Surrey & Sussex deanery.

Alex's first fellowship was a true ortho-plastic fellowship, including microsurgery and major hand trauma at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital & The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham. His second fellowship was at Guys & St Thomas' Hospital in London, a tertiary referral centre with focus on complex hand & wrist orthopaedic conditions.

Alex is a member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand, International Wrist Arthroscopy Society, and International Bone & Research Society

Areas of interest

Carpal tunnel syndrome ; Cubital tunnel decompression / anterior transposition ; Finger Arthritis including joint replacements & fusion ;
Dupuytrens contracture (fasciectomy, skin grafting, needle fasciotomy) ; Tendon disorders (trigger finger & trigger thumb ; tenosynovitis ; tendon reconstruction and transfer) ;Thumb arthritis management ; Trapeziectomy with tendon interposition, thumb based joint replacements / fusion / salvage ; Wrist arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) ; Ulna sided wrist pain (TFCC / DRUJ / ECU / pisotriquetral joint arthritis) ; Rheumatoid Hand ; Removal of growths and cysts in the upper limb (including ganglions, lipomas, enchondromas, GCT) ; Complex carpal and wrist trauma (peri-lunate injuries, dislocations, fragment specific fixation, spanning plates, post traumatic arthritis) ; Scaphoid fractures and management of non-union

Medical secretaries

• Chanel Vanderpeer
• 020 3690 1703
• vaughanpa@gop.health